be walking/treading on eggshells

if you are walking on eggshells, you are trying very hard not to upset someone.

It was like walking on eggshells with my father. The smallest thing would make him angry.

• make a mockery of something
• make a monkey of
• make a monkey of someone
• make a monkey out of
• make a monkey out of someone
• make a mountain out of a molehill
• make a move
• make a move on
• make a move on someone
• make a name for
• make a name for yourself
• make an ass of
• make an ass of yourself
• make an example of
• make an example of someone
• make an exhibition of
• make an exhibition of yourself
• make an honest woman of
• make an honest woman of someone
• make a night of it
• make a noise about
• make a noise about something
• make a ... of it
• make a pass at
• make a pass at someone